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& Computational AP — Picture 3 A
Tidally Distorted & Inflated Jupiter |
Image Credit: Pin-Gao
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a distance from its Sun less than one-tenth
of the distance between Mercury and our Sun,
a young extrasolar Jupiter at the age of one
million years is heated and inflated up to
one-third of the size of our Sun due to tidal
friction. Consequently, the Jupiter spills
its gas to its Sun and gradually migrates
away from its Sun. The picture of the extrasolar
Sun illustrated here is made using ultraviolet
light emitted by ionized Helium atoms in our
Sun detected by the SOHO satellite. |
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